So I see yet another Southern, White GOP member thinks that slavery wasn’t important: McDonnell said Tuesday that the move was designed to promote tourism in the state, which next year will mark the 150th anniversary of the start of the war. McDonnell said he did not include a reference to slavery because “there were any [...]
Archive for April, 2010
The Civil War, Oh Gov. of Virginia, Was About Slavery
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, Politics, Race on April 7, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Teabaggers: Crazy, Dangerous, and Lacking in Credibility
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Culture, General, Hopey-Changey, News & Current Events, Politics, Things That Suck on April 6, 2010 | 21 Comments »
A brilliantly-written, and too true, post at Letters to the Earth puts Teabagger nuttery in a nutshell: You claim to be stalwart patriots defending the Constitution, fighting government tyranny with its insidious plan to take away your freedoms. Yet because you stood conspicuously silent while the Bush administration curtailed your freedom of speech, spied on [...]
The Inbox [4.6.10] Judd sez, “Where Have All the Man’s Men Gone?”
Posted in Culture, Flame Bait, I do too have a life on April 6, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Frequent reader/commenter Judd writes: It dawned on me that Hollywood doesn’t have any real men in it. All the big stars I really like are either dead (John Wayne, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, Paul Newman, etc.) or are now old enough that they aren’t really credible doing the sort of thing that made them famous [...]
An Old Favorite
Posted in I do too have a life on April 6, 2010 |
No current relevance. I’ve just always been a fan:
Gee, Why Would That Be?
Posted in Conservative Bullshit Debunked, Flame Bait, Flaming Bag of Poo on April 6, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A reader of PolitiFact.com laments: Just perusing the first three pages of ‘Statements we say are Pants on Fire!’ and of the 60 or so items rated, only four are liberal/progressive/Democrat, remainder are conservative/Republican statements. The disparity is eye-opening. Gee, wonder why that is. The reader assumes that this is evidence that PolitiFact is horribly [...]
For Your Easter Enjoyment
Posted in Holiday, Humor, Religion on April 4, 2010 | 12 Comments »
What religion should you be? Via Dvorkin.
Kevin’s Dream
Posted in Humor, Politics, Satire on April 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
See here.